Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-09-18
THE A. AND D. r R.
ZEE NEW MORTGAGE JUST PUr ON
IT
Work Being Already PusAed-ge W Cot
ton Receipts for september-Per-
sonals and Briefs.
Correspondence Of tho Richmond Disoa'cn-l
NORFOLK. Spntember H. 1887.

lCorTesponieuce Of tho Richmond Dispaicn.l
NORFOLK, September II, 1887.
The deed mortgagiog the Atlantic
and Danville railroad and all its equip
ment to the Mercantile Trust Com
pany. of New York. provides for lssu-
ing the bonds as fast as every five miles
Of the road Is completed between
Portsmouth and DanvIlle. and on tn
81 miles OF road between Claremp1t
ami Hicksfofd Immediately Mt the rate
Of $1,000 n mile. the bonds to bear >
pr cent interest The deed has al
ready been placed upon record IN Sls-
sex county and was executedtOtIe lr1St
Company 10y General Thomas Ewing OF
Ohio, yice-pre sident and acting pcesi-
dent 1t is probable that the complny
will. with the money secured from the
sale of the new bonds. lift the oid debt
now hanging over the completed branch
of the road from Claremont to Hicks
ford. AZ this end Of the line the work
Of construction is very active, but west
of Hicksford operations have been suS-
pended for nearly year. The road IS
now graded from the wharves near
Craney island to suffolk, and tae
survey ors are at work ia southampton
county. At Jerusalem 2DO acres oil
land have been purchased by the com
pany and laid of into town lots Ile
contractors are putting down the rail
as fast as they can get the material
and have two construction trliu5 ruu-
ming from the wharvcsilto Nansemoud
county. Some fifteen thousand tons
Of rail have been ordered within the
lest few weeks from steeIworGs in
ionusylyanil and kentucky aal are
~ yo0te 10 Norfolk. Nlr. Peck, the
new manager OF the road, from New
York. is pushing operations ener$eii-
cally and nas nearly II thousand men Mt
work.
Ihc receipts Of cotton yesterday
We're 1..3- bales ut this port, the most
Of which came from the CarO.inas, aud
was the largest ever before received IN
one day in September
judge ID. l.. Russell, Of Whining
ton. \. c., of the supreme Court Of
NoIth Cmollna. with his family, Is
visiting Portsmouth.
The New York steamships are now
50 deeply loaded with freight that they
are several hours behind time reaching
this port.
The steamer Annie, which was re-
Gently blown ashore by the destructive
gale which prevailed on the North
Carolina coast, has been gotten off by
the wreckers. The steamer Taylor
viil probably be gotten OF to-day.
Professor William II. Jones has been
appointed TO act rs superintendent Of
public schools of this city until such
time MS the vacancy is filed by the
Governor.
Tie flag on tie City Hall is half
mast. q as a mark of respect to the
memory Of Captain Hope.
IN accidental fire broke ont Ia the
furniture Warehouse Of y. >. Crawford,
"a County street. Portsmouth. and de-
s'Ioycd "a large iiue of furniture AMI
the roof OF tie building. The building
.clong,d to William @. Naupiu. Al.
ihcuopcrty was fully insured
y lac tUncral Of Captain James Barron
Hope took PLACE This afternoon from
81. Pauls Episcopal church, and the
building was crowded. The Pickett
buchanan Camp, Conicdcrnse Veterans
the Norfolk Typographical Union, the
School Board. and the pGblic-school
teachers attended ia q body. Rev
Beverly y. fucker, who came fcJu
~hcpierdstown for the purpose. con-
Quoted the services, after which tbo r,-
ulains were removed to rimwool com
tory for iutcnucnt The following
Iicnds acted as paI-bearers Colonel
l.. y. Starhe, Judge James T.. Heath,
Captain John NcrnilLon. Hon. john
Ioodc, Dr. Thomas H. Barnes, ,Iaior
h. c. Taylor, Captain ". 4. =. lay
'or. Major Baker p. Lee. Ncssrs. ~
q. Peters. II. T. Iebault. aul Colonel
Nllum H. Ward.
GlauG-C haLcellor Thomas u. Yrnel-
SOD viii leave Monday ON q tJur o,
visitation to Ola Dominion, Syracuse.
1ud GGmauia lodges. of hichmouI
Tie lay steamers all came in illel
Ills rorung with travellers returning
Iom tlc centennial. q.